Sapporo Ichiban

Sapporo Ichiban (サッポロ一番) is a brand of instant noodles (most of them ramen) made by Sanyo Foods.

Sapporo Ichiban has found a market outside Japan, most notably with consumers in Hong Kong, the United States, Mexico, Argentina and Canada.

Sapporo Ichiban literally means "Sapporo's number one [noodle]", but there is no particular relation between Sapporo Ichiban and the city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, where the company has only a small sales branch

Facilities and manufacturing

Sanyo Foods had previously kept their headquarters and R&D all in their original town of Maebashi city, Gunma prefecture, but their headquarters have legally moved to Minato-ku, Tokyo. They have built their plants for domestic products in Gunma, Chiba, Nara, and Fukuoka. There is a small sales branch in Sapporo.

Products

Ramen

Ramen flavors include:

• "Original" (Red package) a mild soy sauce flavor, debuted in stores January 1966.
• Miso (Orange package), debuted in stores September 1968.
• Salt (Black and Red package), debuted in stores August 1971.
• Chicken (Green package)
• Beef (Brown package)
• Shrimp (Pink package)
• Hot & Spicy Chicken (Green and Red package)
• Original Cup
• Chicken Cup
• Beef Cup
• Shrimp Cup

Non-ramen products

• Yakisoba / Chow mein (Yellow, orange and white package). This is not a ramen soup, but ramen noodles meant to be reconstituted, then stir-fried with the enclosed flavour package. Traditionally ground beef and Chinese cabbage are added to the stir-fry and seaweed is sprinkled on top from the included pouch if preparing yakisoba, but only the seaweed is included in the package.
• Kitsune - Kitsune udon (Blue and white package). This is a package of dehydrated udon noodles instead of ramen, with a reconstitutable square of tofu. This item has been discontinued in spite of great demand found online.

See also

• Food portal
• List of instant noodle brands
• Cup noodles
• Koka noodles
• Maggi noodles
• Shin Ramyun
• Wai-Wai (food)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sanyo Foods.

• official site
• Sanyo Foods Corp of America